The debates centred on the cause, or causes, of obesity and unwanted weight gain have raged on for a long time. They will probably continue to do so but, after more than 15 years of studying, trialling and analysis of this problem, one area in particular has continued to draw my attention for experimentation, that shows interest. It has given me this calculation, that I have already mentioned on another thread: ?x5/60=? Or, expressed in another shortened way: ?/12=y. Okay, what does this mean?
Well, disregarding all forms of dieting, because this is not a diet as such, if an overweight person analyses how they eat or drink, they may notice that in comparison to slim people, they eat much faster. Sometimes 10 times as quick!The reason or, reasons, why a person eats and drinks too quick can often be related to their experiences in their formative years or, develop at some later stage. Eg: Mimmicing parents eating pattern, forced consumption against a childs will, competing for foods in specific environments like large families with sibling rivalry, rushing meals, etc.
I believe that continual and repeated over consumption of high calorie foods, that are consumed too quickly, leads to weight gain and obesity and, a life of misery, both in health terms and low self esteem brought on as a result of being a victim of ridicule.
So, why may eating too quickly lead to weight gain and obesity?
We have evolved a biological messaging system that tells us when we are hungry. As far as I understand without explaining too deep into the chemical breakdown/absorption process of food, hunger messages are felt as a result of the lowering(not lowered) of blood glucose levels. When this happens, the Satiety Centre (satisfaction centre that's part of the Hypothalamus) of the brain, sends out this feeling of hunger as an instruction to eat. This feeling is so evolutionary strong, most people find it hard to tolerate, so naturally, they eat or drink. Now it's here that speed of eating probably sets the foundation for body weight or weight gain. How? A person who eats slowly will allow time for proper mastication (chewing), chemical breakdown and gradual absorption of food or drink (nutritionally laden), via the usual channels like small villi, and delivered in the blood system to the brain. If we say for example, a slim person eats a snack of 150 calories, and then we analyse what likely consequence an overweight person may experience, due to eating the same snack much quicker. Basically, the slim slower eater will not be getting subjected to strong hunger messages because, the Satiety Centre has registered a raising of glucose in the blood, during say the 10 minutes taken in eating time. But, the fast eater, who has probably consumed the 150 calorie snack in say 1 minute, is still being subjected to hunger messages because not enough time has ellapsed for the bodies breakdown mechanism to absorb food. This leads the fast eater to consume many more calories, even up to and behond 1,000 in that same 10 minutes, in an attempt to quell the feelings of hunger (this also presents like feelings of and, behaviour of, an addiction ). Reapeating this proccess at most eating times over a long period of time, leads to a high average Glucose level in the blood that are constantly lowering and, getting detected thus, hunger messages are sent. The result of which can be: storage of Adipose fat (glucose to glycogen), weight gain, obesity and excessive hunger feelings.
So what can a fast eating, overweight person do to change this, and help stop this vicious circle and, what is this simple calculation: ?x5/60=y An alternative way for this calculation is: (?/12=? which gives the same result?)
A fast eating, overweight, weight gaining person can sensibly practice this technique (while staying aware of their daily healthy nutritional and fluid requirements) to slow their eating, reduce hunger feelings, reduce their daily or weekly calorie intake, and ultimately reduce weight:
FOR EVERY SINGLE CALORIE YOU INTEND TO CONSUME, YOU SHOULD TAKE 5 SECOND TO CONSUME IT
The calculation for the equation is this: Eg the 150 calorie snack: 150x5/60=12.5 This is 12 minutes 30 seconds and the approx. time that the person should take to consume this amount of calories. A quicker way to get the same result is 150/12= (The forward slash mark incidentally, means divide)
Use a calcultaor and a countdown timer and practice the technique. If too great a reduction of weight results from this technique, lowering the time by seconds could be helpful.
Hope this makes sense and some benefit can be derived by practicing this technique, as it's taken many years of frustration to get to such a simple method.
Comments please.
Please kindly pass this information to other people, so as to allow them to consider it.
T-Dog
I thought that 5 seconds/calorie is a little much, but I'm also not a person to, as I told him "waste time when there's food on my plate". I thought that the cycle that he mentioned, of over-satiating, then getting very hungry again due to falling blood sugar, was spot-on, and I was wondering if there have been lab tests which confirm this kind of thing, and maybe recommend a certain calorie/time intake. (Other people on the forum asked for some kind of scientific proof of his theory, and I didn't know where else to turn.)
If not, "HEY, 
FULL ALREADY!" 
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